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Former Interior Secretary James Watt today pleaded not guilty to charges that he impeded an FBI investigation of a Reagan-era scandal concerning sweetheart deals at HUD by withholding documents. "I have been knocked down in an embarrassing and humiliating way," Watt told reporters. "but I'm not knocked...
...Ronald Reagan's most contentious Cabinet members, James Watt, was served with a 25-count perjury indictment by the independent counsel investigating corruption at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Watt, a former Interior Secretary, had served as a HUD consultant after leaving the Administration. He denied all charges, saying, "I am trusting God that justice can arise and will prevail...
...since the reign of James Watt, Ronald Reagan's Interior Secretary, have environmentalists been so shaken. "This is James Watt times 10," says Brett Hulsey, the Sierra Club's Midwest representative. "These people want to turn our natural resources back to the robber barons...
...indictment that caught even insiders by surprise, Reagan Administration Interior Secretary James Watt today was charged with lying to federal authorities about more than $500,000 worth of consulting he did to help firms secure millions in Department of Housing and Urban Development funding. Watt faces a top penalty of up to five years in prison for each of 25 counts of perjury, unlawful concealment and obstruction of justice. The federal indictment charges that Watt -- who left Interior in 1983 -- lied to Congress and to a grand jury that was investigating the Reagan Administration HUD scandal, and withheld documents that...
...indictment that caught even insiders by surprise, Reagan Administration Interior Secretary James Watt today was charged with lying to federal authorities about more than $500,000 worth of consulting he did to help firms secure millions in Department of Housing and Urban Development funding. Watt faces a top penalty of up to five years in prison for each of 25 counts of perjury, unlawful concealment and obstruction of justice. The federal indictment charges that Watt -- who left Interior in 1983 -- lied to Congress and to a grand jury that was investigating the Reagan Administration HUD scandal, and withheld documents that...